May be they took that step to ensure timely delivery of pin. I have known people i mean webmasters who never got their pin even after they crossed $100 or $150.
So in that case they could not withdraw the earning due to not having the pin.
I do think that this is fine cos for somecountries it would take about a month for the PIN to reach.
I agree with that. BUt its looks easy right? I already know many people using multiple name and earn even 3-4 cheque every month from adsense. He know how to earn from adsense and do for many account and google cannot capture him because he know how to avoid that happen..
Maybe its good. But its depend on Google. They already did. I wonder if they will take back one day..
Nope. I mean he use different name and different address and also different website. Every month. He will get 4 different cheque with different names. Maybe he use his father or mothers name.
And what about the shipping address or adress on board at Google. How does he handle that. May be an account on your cousins name or something seem ok. But all on same address might get him trouble if google comes to know.